Ashley Meers

You have your whole life ahead
You can get top grades, is what your teacher said
You’re young, sensible and happy
You never dreamt about using a nappy.
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How oceans of hate fled my eyes,
And so many things were left unsaid.
When that special someone told many lies,
She left me crying in my bed.
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I used to cry myself to sleep at night.
You saw me as a glass window with more
Interesting things on the other side.
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You stand over there looking so smart,
people laugh at you while you stand
clinching your fist trying to fight it.
You think what you're doing is for the best.
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I dream of a world where the grass is green,
Where the water is blue and the language is clean.
Where the only thing dirty is grass and mud,
And the only hard thing around is wood.
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Those eyes. The window to the soul.
The clever little things that decipher
The meaning of all.
The power to kill without taking a life.
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As I look through the window,
What do I see?
The image of a face I loved distorted
by the fallen rain.
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I used to hold you close and watch you
Breathe while you slept.
I watched your chest move up and down
Signalling your existence.
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